Fake TWAC websites: how to find the real one
Short answerThe official Taiwan Arrival Card (TWAC), online is only on twac.immigration.gov.tw. Below are the official warnings about look-alike sites and how to tell them apart.
Checked 28 October 2026 by the Arrival Card Finder editorial team against official sources. How we check
Official warnings
National Immigration Agency (NIA), 21 October 2026
Updated warning, first posted on 5 August 2026. It lists 18 websites under "Unofficial Website Links" and says some apps and platforms that claim to scan passports may compromise personal data. The TWAC is free; if a site asks you to pay, do not pay.
Read the official warningBureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
Warns travellers about a fraudulent website posing as the TWAC service.
Read the official warningNational Immigration Agency (NIA), 21 November 2025
Fraudulent sites use ads and keywords such as "TWAC" to reach travellers.
Read the official warningNational Immigration Agency (NIA), 18 December 2025
After reports that Japanese travellers paid USD 50 after scanning QR codes, the NIA checked all TWAC QR codes at airports and ports and found none leading to fake or paid sites. The NIA does not put up promotional banners.
Read the official warningNational Immigration Agency (NIA), 24 December 2025
Any website that charges a fee is not the official TWAC site.
Read the official warning
Look-alike sites named by official sources
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How to spot the official site
- The address must be exactly twac.immigration.gov.tw. Type it yourself or use the official link on this page instead of clicking an ad.
- Look closely at the spelling and the ending. Look-alike sites copy the form's name in a slightly different address.
- The official form is free. A request for a service fee or card details means you are on the wrong site.
- If you find the form through a search engine, check that the address is exactly twac.immigration.gov.tw.
- The TWAC is free. Any site that charges a fee is not official. If you are asked to pay, do not pay.
- Do not use apps or platforms that offer to scan your passport for the TWAC unless they are the official site.
- In Dec 2025 the NIA said its regular checks of all TWAC QR codes at airports and ports had found none leading to fake or paid sites. The NIA does not put up promotional banners at airports or ports.
- The NIA says travellers with information or questions about such sites can email its Border Affairs Corps at tia@immigration.gov.tw.
Already paid a fake site?
- Fill in the real form on the official site. CARICOM IMPACS says these sites "charge fees for fake forms that hold no value", and the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service says users of the fake C5 site for Jamaica will not receive a valid form.
- Do not pay anything more. Taiwan's National Immigration Agency says that if a site asks you to pay, do not pay.
- Report it. In the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration asks people to report fake eTravel sites to the CICC hotline 1326 or at cicc.gov.ph/report.
- Keep in mind what you shared. Official warnings say these sites can collect personal data (Singapore's ICA), be used for data theft (Indonesian Customs), ask for bank details (Chile's SAG) and defraud credit cards (Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security).
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Official sources
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